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Times-Advocate, 1982-06-02, Page 1Parade gets it underway, Tuesday .r w• • New women's division ftures Hensall fair A new ladies division will feature the 114th addition of the Hensall Twilight Spring Fair which is set for the Hen- sall fairgrounds Tuesday, June 8. Frances Kinsman, presi- dent of the new ladies com- mittee and her hard working assistance have lined up a wide variety of classes to at- tract entries from ladies and girls of all ages. Elaine Kinsman and Margaret Hoggarth are in charge of the plants and flowers exhibits which will in- clude coleus, green houseplants, African violets, spring flower arrangements and a special birthday party bouquet with a•prize provid- ed by Country Flowers. A wide variety of baking categories are provided in the domestic science section with Betty McGregor, Evelyn Falconer and Donna Corbett on the committee. Prizes for specials are be- ing provided by Duttman's Bakery, J. Schneider and the Ontario Bean Producers Marketing . Board. A feature of the baking class is a decorated one layer cake with a minimum size of nine by 13 inches to honour the beginning of the ladies POST GIVING HELP — Karen ShirFay of the sponsor- . ing Ausable\River Nomads assists Jacqueline Sullivan after giving blood at Thursday's. Red Cross Clinic, ShdO.ds of year t formal named a Over 200 persons attended the South Huron formal, Fri- day evening at - the South Huron Recration Centre. At twelve o'clock junior student MARG PYM of the year Catherine Patter- son announced Marg Pym and Matt McClure as the female and male students of the year winners.- Last year's winners Liz Scott and Doug Raymond presented the awards. The decorations and murals at the dance were successful in creating the atmosphere "A Caribbean Cruise": Couples were greeted at the door by Captain, Wally Webster dressed in ap- propriate nauticalregalia. A fountain in the center of *the hall, surrounded by tropical plains, also added to the mood of the event. "It was worth all the long. hours of work put into it', said committee chairman Marg Pym. According to Pym her committee of Joan Cooper, Deanne Christie, Lisa Hamather, Sharon Rundle, Heather 'Sweeney and art teacher Susan Maple as well as nearly . fifty other volunteers worked hard to make the event a success. Volunteers worked Thurs- day night and again Saturday morning to set up and take down the decorations. ' - Financially, the event was MATT McCLURE expensive as had been ex- pected. "Actually we an- ticipated a greater loss than we actually had" said student council adviser, Wally Webster. The actual financial record for the event will not be known for a few weeks. Hagood Hardy will perform at Playhouse division of the Hensall South Huron Agriculture Society. Exhibits of quilts, sewing, crocheting and knitting are included in the home depart- ment. The committee in charge consists of Sandra Turner, Shirley McAllister, Bev Brown and Gladys McGregor. Special prizes are being provided by Sears of. Hensall and Dolores and Bruce Shapton. The winner of the best of show quilt may compete in the District eight Best of Show Quilt competi- tion in the fall of 1982. Marlene Bell, Margaret Consitt and Peggy Tinney are . the committee for arts and crafts. Exhibits will include macrame, needlepoint, Ceramics and orewel with a special prize from the Flowerbasket. The winner of the best of show quilt may compete in the District eight Best of Show Quilt competition ip the fall of 1962. The junior section re- quites no entry fee for ex- hibitors up to 20 ears of age. Included are , sewing and craft;. Dawn thwell and Shirley Luther are the directors in char.. All ladies section exhibits will be displayed in the upstairs of the Hensall arena. Mrs. Kinsman added, "Being upstairs makes our area easy to get to from any -part of the arena.". The fair will start with a 6 p.m. parade a .officially opened at 7:90 p.td. be Huron Bruce MP Murray Cardiff. Continuous demonstrations of ceramics, baskweaving and flower arrane.ttg will be held in the auditorium throughtout the early evening hours. The always popular baby show will start at 7 p.m. in the auditorium with prizes pro- vided.by Don's Food Market of Zurich and Neilsen. Four categories will be available this year, They are six months and under, over six months to one year, twins up to two years and triplets up to two years. 'The junior talent show beginning at 8 p.m. will again be co-ordinated by Diana Verlinde. All young„people 20 years of age and younger are welcome to enter. More infor- mation canbe obtained by phoning 262-5608. •This year 36 . calves are entered in the' fair's beef feeder calf club. They will be judged. for finish and their owners for showmanship at 7 Huron Country Playhouse will present Hagood Hardy in concert on Friday, June 25 at 8 p.m. as the first in a series of special events. Hagood Hardy's musical achievements over the last few years have been nothing iihort of monumental. Cer- tainly no stranger to the music world, he was heavily involved in the Toronto jazz scene, appeared on all the major CBC variety programs from 1957 through 1961, form- ed the Hardy group "Mon- tage" in 1969 and began to make a name for himself. The group was disbanded in 1974 and Hardy concentrated on spending time cultivating commercial jingles: One year latera tea com- mercial' turned his life around. Convinced to record a full length version of the piece entitled "The Please turn to page 2 Responsive to the plea Exeter's call for greater financial assistance for the South Huron rec centre board of management by the three area townships has been receivedwith a sympathetic ear Mayoorr Bruce Shaw .,..1w `t5aid vt int. Usborne' have already agreed to in- crease their grant by $1,700, while Stephen and Hay -are awaiting statistical reports on the use made of local facilities by their residents before making any decisions. The Mayor said he'has talk- ed to the three reeves in- dividually and all felt that a general meeting was ,not necessary at this time and all were in agement that there was a need, for a greater degree of fairness in the sup- port each municipality gives to the boatel of management's operation. The rec staff are currently compiling statistics to deter- mine the percentage_ ofuseby the residents of the four municipalities so the grants would more 'closely reflect those user statistics. Shaw said all were in agree- ment that they did not want to see a system of user fees im- plemented, whereby out-of- town resident's would pay higher registration fees for programs. . During their` budget deliberations. this year, Ex- eter council decided to use the rec board's budget as a "tool" to gain more support from the townships. Subsequently, council reduced the board's budget, although the town's share was still increased over the 1981 figures. While agreeing that the rec board's budget was reasonable, council decided to make some cuts in it as a •means of stating that Pro- grams and facilities will be jeopardized unless • the neighboring municipalities pay afairshare towardsthem. "We have to•establish once Please turn to page 2 Serving South Huron, North Middlesex• i ��� One Hundred and Ninth Year p.m. and the calves will then be sold by public auction with Huron -Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell as the auctioneer. A sheep show was held in 1981 for the first time and was a great success. It is' being continued with classes for Ox- ford Downs, Suffolk, Dorset and Leicester. The always popular horse show will start at 5 p.m. on the grounds south of the arena with 35 classes.• • Other activities willinclude the Old McDonald's farm ex- hibits, convened by Don Reynolds and Allan Hayter a midway and a band. David Turner is president" of the Hensall-South Huron Agriculture Society, John Kinsman and Stuart Brown are vice-presidents and Bar- nie }tan Allen is the secretary -treasurer. A_YOUNG ENTRANT - Pgtti-Jo Dunnell was one of the youngest contestants at Sunday's bike -rodeo spon- sored by the Kirkton-Woodhom'Optimist Club. Check- ing out her vehicle is Optimist Bryan Bertrand. dvoc & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, June 2, 1982 Price Per Copy 50 cents Exeter and Usborne Shore one tephen gets own:tehool trustee tion, I'm opposed to that par- ticular view," said Reeve Wheeler. "I'll not refrain from voting, I'll vote against it „ Clerk -treasurer Bill Hanley said the rules for representa- tion on a school board are laid out in The Education Act, which gives -authority to coun- ty -councils to 'establish representation. On a percen- tage basis, Goderich has 6.16 • percent of the equalized public school assessment: Seaforth, McKillop, and Hullett combined have. 10.99 percent. Exeter andUsborne combined bite 9.39 pelibent-et the equalized public school assessment and Stephen has 7.45. percent. • Morris Township Reeve Bill Elston said he could see Goderich's• pointof view, since it would be losing one trustee, but he asked council not to change the boundaries, .the way the municipalities are combined in the future. Hullett Township Reeve Tom Cunningham, speaking as a member of one of the of fecte4 townships, said the Please turn to page 2 BLOOD CLINIC REGISTRATION — Signing in with Lois Armstrong, and Marie Brunzlow at Thursday's Red Cross blood clinic are Maryke DeBruyn and Martine MacDonald. T -A photo SS custodians get 10% hike; trustees off to Newfoundland The Huron -Perth 'County ly rate to $6.00 per houreff4- Roman Catholic Separate , tive September 1; 1982. School Board gave an in- The board has entered into crease in wages of 10 percent an agreement with the to its 18 school custodians at Township of Ashfield recrea- a meeting in Dublin Tuesday. tion committee to construct The increase is for both full playground equipment and and part time employees and use the playing field at St. is for the contract year July Joseph's School at 1, 1982 to June 30, 1983: , Kingsbridge. This agreement The board set the daily rate is for a period of 10 years. for salaries for the eight John McCauley, drivers of board -owned buses superintendent of Education, at $23.70 for 187 days for the gave details on the needs and school year 1982-83. This is up uses of microcomputers by $1 from the present rale of the students in the schools in $22.70. An increase of 50 Cents the system. Mr. McCauley per hour was given the eight was assisted in the presenta- drivers for extra -curricular tion by Principal Don Farwell duties. This brings the hour- from St. Joseph's school in Clinton. They explained prac- I INSTALL LEGION EXECUTIVE The 1982-83 executive of the R.E. Pooley Exeter branch 167 of the Royal Cana- dian Legion was installed Friday night. Back, left, Bill Berends, Fred Schenell, Doug edir lake, Rev. Jim HySwoon, utton, Alf Smith, Reg McDonald, Jim Campbell, Don McCollum and Bill Lenk. Front, p ppy treasurer Vera Armstrong, past president Sam Bower, president Norm Ferguson and vice-presidents Jim m A Barnett- tt- son and Jack Stewart. Cyclist dies in collision A 27 -year-old Bayfield man. Cameron Reder, was killed Saturday night when his -motorcycle collided with a panel truck on Highway 21 near the Bayfield bridge. • Ile was southbound when the head-on collision occurred with the truck driven by Kelso Fitzsimons. also of Bayfield. Police said driving conditions were good and that no charges are to be laid. Reder was a son of Jake and Elsie (Schilbe) Reder, RR 1 Bayfield and he is sur- vived by his maternal grand- mother. Mrs. Emma Schilbe, Zurich. • Ills paternal grandparents were former Exeter residents. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Reder. • tical uses of the microcom- puter and the benefits to the children while they studied a problem on their own suchas mathematics, spelling or game programs. Mr. McCauley demonstrated possible course the board might go with microcomputers. Three trustees will fly to Newfoundland for the Cana- dian Separate School Trustees' Association conven- tion. They are Tim McDonnell of RR 2. Gadshill; Gregory Fleming of Crediton and Vin= cent Young of Goderich. They will arrive in Newfoundland Tuesday. June 1 and leave for, home Sunday. June 6.. • The board has hired Theresa Bowins of Thunder Bay as Religion Consultant with the board. ' Ted Gorski of London .has been hired as a teacher. effec- tive September 1. Ile is anew graduate. The PTA of Sacred heart School. Wingham has been granted permission to install playground equipment on the school grounds with all costs' to be absorbed by the .PTA. • - subject to the approval of•the co-ordinator of plant and maintenance. Ed Rowland. and the property committee as to IncaUon Seven municipalities will. be affected by changes to the school electoral districts made by Huron County Council. ' At its May meeting, council made changes affecting the number of trustees repreessen- ting seven municipalities.'Tlte total number of trustees .sit- ting on the Huron Board of Education remains. at 16. The changes, based on assessment, take one trustee away from Goderich, leaving it with one trustee, giving one. more trustee to the combined municipalities of Seaforth, McKillop and - .Hulletti Townships and splitting the formerly - combined municipalities. of Stephen Township, Exeter and Usborne Township. Now, these threemunicipalitieshavc two representatives on the. board of education. but Stephen is on its own with one representative and Exeter and' Usborne have one bet-. ween them. The changes were approv- ed by a vote of 24 to 5. with two motions to table the mat- ter for a month being defeated. 'Goderich Deputy Reeve Robert Allen made the motions and they were seconded by Goderich Reeve Don Wheeler. Reeve Wheeler .said the changes have a "great many ramificatioes" and he wanted some questions answered. Deputy Reeve Allen said he was "a little disturbed" with his colleagues for not agree- ing to table the motion for a month. ' • "One month doesn't change• anything.... I'll refrain from voting." said Deputy Reeve Allen. -I'm to assume from the administrator's remarksthat representation is by,assess- ment rather than by popula- ANOTHER GOOD WEEK One proposal falls through Although one of, the schemes being considered to get a nursing.home in the Ex- eter'area has fallen through, Exeter Mayer Bruce. Shaw reported this week that the committee in charge of ex- ploring the possibility. of such a facility hopes to have a report • ready for the . area councils by the end of July. Representatives from Ex- - eter, Stephen and Usborne • are working on the project. Shaw said there had been consideration given to building an. addition at the local hospital, but that plan Drivers in the area cop- fell through when •a nursing tinued their safe- practices home .licence holder in this (geek and the Exeter OPP another town decided against report there Were no•colli- transferring his `licence to sions investigated. Exeter. 11 was the third tine this W'e're back to square year that an. accident -free one." Shaw revealed, but said week has been recorded. the report on the committee's No criminal. occurrences next plan should be available were reported this week for the councils to consider by the end of July. either. LEGION AUXILIARY EXECUTIVE -- The new executive of the ladies Auxiliary to the R.E. Pooley Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion was installed Friday night. Back, left, Down Murray. Shirley Pole Kate Bierling, Elsie McDonald, treasurer Annie Lowson, PegHunter-buvar and Estelle Chalmers. Front. second vice-president Irene Jackson, past president Ann Kennedy, president Dot Lenk, first vice-president Marion Frayne and secretary Dorothy Pfaff.. T -A photo • 4 •